Prostate Cancer Screening Among Traditionally Underserved Populations at a Large Public Safety-Net Institution.

Journal: Journal of general internal medicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Existing literature underscores racial and sociodemographic disparities in prostate cancer screening (PCS) in the USA.

Authors

  • Hanna Zurl
    Department of Urology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Filippo Dagnino
    Department of Urology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Michelle Shabo
    Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Rumel Mahmood
    Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  • Benjamin G Allar
    Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Boris Gershman
    Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Lisa Weissman
    Department of Hematology/Oncology, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  • Gezzer Ortega
    Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Stephanie Hastings
    Department of Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  • Heidi J Rayala
    Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. hrayala@bidmc.harvard.edu.

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